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- Day 1
- Monday, September 23, 2019 at 12:35 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 72 ft
EnglandSt Pancras International Railway Station51°31’54” N 0°7’36” W
Eurostar
September 23, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
No Standard Premier today (birthdays only) so it's a DIY lunch on Eurostar's Standard class. Bacon. Mmmm nothing like the smell of a bacon sandwich. We are though talking Francis Bacon. That's why weRead more
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- Day 1
- Monday, September 23, 2019 at 7:10 PM
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 184 ft
FranceCentre Georges Pompidou48°51’36” N 2°21’6” E
Pompidou Centre
September 23, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
So here we are. Deep breath for Bob and off we go. Not too busy. All the works relate to six literary, poetic and philosophical texts from books in Bacon's library (eg the Wasteland, Heart ofRead more
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- Day 2
- Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 12:00 PM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 151 ft
- FranceEglise Saint-Jean-en-Grève48°51’24” N 2°21’8” E
Jacquemart Andre
September 24, 2019 in France ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
No - I said - I don't want to see old Italian paintings with cherubs. And yet here we are! Ok no cherubs and much better than expected helped by the fact that we don't have to pay. This is the privateRead more
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- Day 2
- Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 1:17 PM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 177 ft
- FranceParc Monceau48°52’30” N 2°18’36” E
Jacquemart Andre Cafe
September 24, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Trip end
September 24, 2019
TravelerLike the bacon with bacon. Hope Bob survives with his principles intact.
TravelerI feel the same as Bob - but he was mentioned during the Weimar Insight day we’ve just attended. Apparently, while Isherwood was staying in rooms in a (then) poor part of Berlin, Bacon, age 17, was staying at the Adlon with his tutor who then seduced him. Must have come from a wealthy background.